'File 8/46 Staff Officer (Intelligence), Persian Gulf, Intelligence Reports' [‎22r] (43/70)

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29* *Sh&* W l»drt hrf t^* r^iri^i - l |^ »tgi fcho P?)^ * vo
tAih to it to on tvi.l wv^ih»oWA agpnfcs*
to railway orployoo^, and tho position now is
. t- • feat tlio GdVbc^l>JE^ahWt^l is •vdthoub any oloar idoa of viiat is
goihg 6n there is no one in tho district administration of the State
Railway in whom ho fouls thht ho can reposo any political confidence.
Ho is pn^tidtiloriy doubtful of H% Y/aldli, the direc tor of tho railways
fof AHtef did trio b ^Andimishk to Khorramshahf) as this individual is
bcum to bnow what id going on and may, in fact, be a party to it. The
rivbfcef is not vdthotli to oursolVua as IU Wakili oould^ in time of tronblo
tho heavy transport Of tho An^lo-Iranian Oil Corapany,
#hioh^ for tho present, no adequate altomativo moans of conveyance.
Whtili has spont some tine in America; ha was imprisoned by the
J&lXeti fof six months during the war as an alleged aerDancphile, and
tho mml is of the opinion that his somewhat easy allogiapoo
has new boon feransfbrrud to the soviet and that ho should therefore, bo
moVfed tb a poa t v/hoili he \it>uld have less opportunity for mischief.
(i#). hstchos of visitors, ! 5bailing about 8,Coo in nunber have made tho
railw&y Journey from !!• hran to l^orra^hnjir during March and April to
see tho Abadan plant of tho Anglo-Iranian Oil Ooipany. About 30 of
them, S budortts from tho schools of Scioncoa^. lohran, under the charge
of £>r» Bftbohj Vvofo tonfli t6 be strong Tudoh supporters, With thorn
tmvollod two pvuviions under oovor of Persian Homes,
(v), tUho meat offotitivo lino taken by the Soviet agents in the Abadan area
iU N>t bhu A^lo^lfhnian Oil oor^pany has failed in this or that regard
to give tho workers their ,l ri^tH H but that bh© Qompany is withholding
froti the Wbrterti viiat is bha p-roperty of bh© lab tor j Persian Oil coming
frcjii soil, and is weuting oxooodingly iht on the proceeds,
fcho moat Sober workers are inclined bo pause - and wonder,
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tU* Wwj'o id ft i*e4»btlity bhab fow.ior ar^loyooB of tha Anglo-tranian
Oilhave used kSSUU)d tvu'^os to obtain work with tho Kuvra.it Oil
OOKjp^ry, tChcy arc knnvil bo bo 'fudoh party syrpabliiaers and thereforo
tho situation will be vmtd'ied in the mar future,
(ii) k IPho »upp3y of drirLkiiYg water at Kuwait continues bo bo moat un~
satisfactory and tho coat of it to the public is about 8 annas a gallon.
SJho shaikh la ontfcavauring to obtain some water bonkers blurougla the
Kuwait Oil goiapemy for the trampert of water from blie Bhabb-al-Arab
but owing to tho pr^erjedouamaa of this seuroo of supply he is being
urged to ordor a distillation plant as soon as possible,
£3Lii)* ^tCho Bh&lkh has agreed Lo tlie extemion of fcho existing Civil Air
X&xxwnt which expired on 23rd liay, 1948 for a period of six months
provided ho can bo assured that this will not entail any delay in bho
cons fcruotion of tho proposed new cwarodroiiie. An assurance has boon
given him on this point,
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^Sk^hpoj^ is xifm in regular -ppomtiDn and has a carrying capacity of
appjflpgd^toly tons per day.
A plpodino is being laid from Bl Jauf 60 miles west of Ivlishaab for the
puri«&Q of drawing water for the camp, BraoJdsh, it has no ill effects
although I an told water is only hold in reserve in tho event of beer
supplies failinglH
Naval ptTjboer rooently drove frosa Pharan to El Jauf, thence to
B<»^U-iUi»haab and await using a Word V 8 Sedan. The oar was fitted
with sand tyro# -and during the hundredo of miles negotiated tho officer
had no diffibxulty in grossing this desert area of Arabia.